AM3 Mobo which one???

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DaveSi677

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Which is the best mobo out right now for the AM3 socket?

I am getting the AMD Phenom II x4 955 black edition... I would like to be able to overclock it with ease... I am just not sure which one to pick!
 

Drenlin

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^ Why on earth would he want a 770? The 790FX is the one geared toward overclockers...
 
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Drenlin

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He asked for the best, not the best value. The 790FX is the best for overclocking, is it not?

At the very least, a mobo with the SB750 southbridge would be good.
 
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StrangleHold

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Which is the best mobo out right now for the AM3 socket?

I am getting the AMD Phenom II x4 955 black edition... I would like to be able to overclock it with ease... I am just not sure which one to pick!

If you want a single slot board. The only problem with these is they have no cooler on the mosfets which could be a problem after a point.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/NewProduct.aspx?Item=N82E16813128392
http://www.newegg.com/Product/NewProduct.aspx?Item=N82E16813128419

Crossfire in 8X/8X
http://www.newegg.com/Product/NewProduct.aspx?Item=N82E16813128378
http://www.newegg.com/Product/NewProduct.aspx?Item=N82E16813128416
http://www.newegg.com/Product/NewProduct.aspx?Item=N82E16813131402

Crossfire in 16X/16X
http://www.newegg.com/Product/NewProduct.aspx?Item=N82E16813131363
http://www.newegg.com/Product/NewProduct.aspx?Item=N82E16813128415
 

DaveSi677

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He asked for the best, not the best value. The 790FX is the best for overclocking, is it not?

At the very least, a mobo with the SB750 southbridge would be good.

Exactly I want the best not the best value... I want my build to be top of the line!
 

87dtna

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The gigabyte board I linked to in post 7 is one of the best current AM3 boards.


If you are spending that much $, I highly recommend you build an I5 750 socket 1156 build instead. The I5 crushes the Phenom II in every way.
 

87dtna

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I plan on OC that is why I am going with the AMD

Haha, is that a joke?

My I7 started out at 2.8ghz-

superPiI7860485ghz.jpg



You won't see many AMD quads make it over 4ghz, and they start out at 3.2 or 3.4ghz (955 and 965)

I used to have a Phenom II 550 unlocked to a quad, max OC was 3.9ghz which took 1.575 Vcore. Normally I ran it at 3.6ghz at 1.425 Vcore. I used to have an I5 before I got this I7, which clocked to 4ghz at 1.425 Vcore. At 3.2ghz, the I5 was faster at EVERYTHING than the Phenom II quad at 3.9ghz.
 
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El Gappo

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Hmmmmmmmmm mine stated out at 3.4 :p It is easier rto overclock these phenom II's because of the unlocked multi and you will be hitting over 4.0 stable with a nice c3 955. That 790fxta is probably the best board but the bios isn't quite up to par yet, still very buggy so you may want ot consider a msi gd70 ;)
 

87dtna

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Thats probably not on air cooling, and even if it is you got a one in a million chip. Most will barely hit 4ghz. One other question, did you shut down any cores to achieve that overclock? And what voltage is that on?


Like I said, I used to own AMD stuff, and I used to say the same thing about the multiplier. But honestly, it's not really a big deal.

And an I5 at 4ghz will probably still beat out a Phenom II at 5ghz in most if not all multi-threaded benches.
 

El Gappo

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Thats probably not on air cooling, and even if it is you got a one in a million chip. Most will barely hit 4ghz. One other question, did you shut down any cores to achieve that overclock? And what voltage is that on?


Like I said, I used to own AMD stuff, and I used to say the same thing about the multiplier. But honestly, it's not really a big deal.

And an I5 at 4ghz will probably still beat out a Phenom II at 5ghz in most if not all multi-threaded benches.

The cpu-z shows the voltage and that all 4 cores are active so why are you asking?

No it won't, it may in some intel biased single threaded benchmarks like spi and pifast but in w-prime and gaming performance the phenom will be on a par or ahead of the 750.


My point is that any noob can get a 4.2 stable 955 or 965 just ramping up the voltage and multi.
Whereas messing about with dividers etc is a whole different story.
 
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87dtna

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The cpu-z shows the voltage and that all 4 cores are active so why are you asking?

No it won't, it may in some intel biased single threaded benchmarks like spi and pifast but in w-prime and gaming performance the phenom will be on a par or ahead of the 750.


My point is that any noob can get a 4.2 stable 955 or 965 just ramping up the voltage and multi.
Whereas messing about with dividers etc is a whole different story.

Sorry I didn't click on that box, just read what was there.

I said MULTI threaded benchmarks, SPI is single threaded so I wasn't counting that.
I've owned both, and the 750 OWNS the phenom II in gaming performance clock for clock sorry. I don't know about W-prime, never tried it.
 

87dtna

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Well, El gappo is the only one here with a Phenom II clocked that high. I would be happy to turn of HT on my I7-860, which will essentially make is an I5 750, and do whatever benchmarks he wants at 4ghz and he'll do them on his Phenom II at anything up to 5ghz and we''ll see. I would honestly like to find out for real, don't care if I'm wrong I really want to know. Based on the performance boost I saw going from my Phenom II quad to an I5 with the same ram I'm still willing to say I'm right.
 
I've owned a lot of hardware and that extends well into AMD and Intel product lines. There is absolutely zero performance difference between the two. Nada. Zilch. This has been confirmed through many sources of reviews. Mostly recently ABT, which pitted a Phenom II, i7, and a C2Q against one another.

I can honestly say, given my experiences with these products, that the performance you are noticing is entirely placebo. In an everday computing environment that includes desktop, e-mail, gaming, and watching your favorite porno the only difference at the end of the day is the cost of one another.

The only difference that is noticed is when you are a novice benchmarker.
 
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